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Legalize Sunday Alcoholic Beverage Sales

“Connecticut must legalize Sunday alcohol sales” asserts
a newspaper editorial. It points out that in the 1600’s, religiously
inspired blue laws were passed to curb such behaviors as dice games,
card playing and sexual intercourse on the Sabbath. Also prohibited
was commerce, including buying alcohol beverages on that day.

While virtually all the other prohibitions were abolished decades
ago, the law forbidding consumers from purchasing alcohol beverages
has continued for 400 years. “All blue laws are inherently
flawed , unconstitutional statutes, as they unjustly impose subjective
religious standards onto the general population” observes
the commentary.

The editorial concludes that "the Connecticut legislature
needs to realize that the ban on Sunday alcohol sales is wholly
unconstitutional, and that it has had a deleterious effect on personal
liberty simultaneously costing the state millions of dollars in
tax revenue. Accordingly, the state government should repeal this
foolish law and finally grant the states’ residents the freedom
they deserve."